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Tuesday, November 27, 2012

Hubby turns a sweater into a hat

Last winter hubby bought me a beautiful mustard yellow sweater. I loved it so much. Even though it was slightly too big for me, I kept it because I loved the color.

Fast forward one year later and I still had not worn it. I tried pairing it with different things, but the fit was always slightly off. Instead of giving the sweater away, hubby and I cut the sweater up and upcycled it into a hat.

We measured the circumference of my head, and then divided that number by 2 (a). Then, we measured the distance from the top of my head to my ears (b*). Using those two measurements we chalked out the outline of a hat (the width being "a" and the height being "b"). After some quick pinning, hubby sewed everything up and voila, I had a new mustard colored hat.

(Embarrassing fact: What? Is Leslie wearing a hat? Yes, it is a strange sight. I typically don't wear hats because my ginormous head is so large that it never fits any of the hats in the store.)

(*Side note: I think the next time I would have made the hat a bit taller. It just reaches my ears, so it would have been nice to have a bit more room up there.)

And since we had a bit of extra material hubby quickly whipped up another hat for a slightly smaller noggin.

Yup. Because sometimes Baby Chuck and I like getting all matchy matchy like that.

(By the way- Thank you all for voting for my crapty reindeer head! I was one of the top 6 and moved onto the final round of the competition. So, if you have another spare moment, would you please vote for my reindeer head at the Totally Green Contest? Thanks so much for your support!)